Dictionary writing system

A dictionary writing system (DWS), or dictionary production/publishing system (DPS) is a piece of software for writing and producing a dictionary, glossary, vocabulary, thesaurus etc. It might include an editor, a database, a web interface for collaborative work and various management tools.

Examples of Dictionary writing software (in alphabetic order):

• ABBYY Lingvo Content
• DEB2
• Dictionary System DWS
• EELex
• Eiffel
• e-Termos
• FieldWorks Language Explorer (FLEx)
• Glossword
• IDM DPS
• iLEX
• Léacslann
• Lexique Pro
• LEX-ik
• Mātāpuna
• MetaTeam Glossary Module
• termbases.eu
• TshwaneLex
• WeSay

External links

• Third international workshop on Dictionary Writing Systems (DWS 2004)
• Fourth international workshop on Dictionary Writing Systems (DWS 2006)

Resources

• Butler, Lynnika and Heather van Volkinburg. 2007. Fieldworks Language Explorer (FLEx). Language documentation & conservation 1:1.
• Corris, Miriam, Christopher Manning, Susan Poetsch, and Jane Simpson. 2002. Dictionaries and endangered languages. In David Bradley and Maya Bradley (eds.), Language endangerment and language maintenance. London: RoutledgeCurzon: 329-347.
• Coward, David E. and Charles E. Grimes. 1995. Making dictionaries: a guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter (Version 1.0). Waxhaw: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
• De Schryver, G-M and Joffe, D. 2004. ‘On How Electronic Dictionaries are Really Used’ (see elsewhere in the current Proceedings)
• Field Linguist’s Toolbox.
• Hosken, Martin. 2006. Lexicon Interchange Format: A description.
• Joffe, David and Gilles-Maurice de Schryver. 2004. TshwaneLex – A state-of-the-art dictionary compilation program. In G. Williams & S. Vessier (eds.). 2004. Proceedings of the eleventh EURALEX international congress, EURALEX 2004, Lorient, France, July 6–10, 2004: 99–104. Lorient: Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, Université de Bretagne Sud.
• McNamara, M. 2003. ‘Dictionaries for all: XML to Final Product’ in Online Proceedings of XML Europe 2003 Conference & Exposition. Powering the Information Society.
• Moe, Ron. 2001. Lexicography and mass production. Notes on linguistics 4:3.
• Moe, Ron. 2006. Dictionary development process. SIL International.
• Shore, Susan and René van den Berg. 2006. A new mass elicitation technique: The dictionary development program. Paper presented at tenth international conference on Austronesian linguistics, January 17–20, in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines.